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like00111

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how do I buy from caravens?
« on: July 18, 2013, 04:13:47 pm »

I tried googling it but couldnt find anything that told me how to buy from them. I just had one arrive and I tried pressing 't' but I have no Idea how to buy from them :/
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Sizik

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Re: how do I buy from caravens?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2013, 04:20:52 pm »

1. Have you built a trade depot?
2. Have you assigned a broker?
3. Is the broker at the trade depot with the Trade at Depot job?
4. Have you selected items to be brought for trade?
5. Have you selected which items you want to trade with 't'? ('o' will offer the items, i.e. give them away as a gift. Don't do this.)
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Re: how do I buy from caravens?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 04:26:34 pm »

yeah I have the depot, the broker. How do I get the broker at the depot with the the caraven? I hit t and it brings up a menu 'trade depot' but I can't hit 't' to buy items from them
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Re: how do I buy from caravens?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 07:16:34 pm »

Yeah I have been using the wiki, I couldn't seem to find the answer though. And thank you :)
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Lord_Phoenix

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Re: how do I buy from caravens?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 07:29:51 pm »

What you do is:  Once the traders have reached the depot and have unloaded their goods, you select the depot using q and toggle the "Trader Requested at Depot" option, and you should also tell your dwarves to move goods to trade to the depot which is another option in the menu there.  Once you toggle that on, the trader will come to the depot.  If he's taking too long, you can change whether it has to be the broker or just any random dwarf as well.  Once the trader reaches the depot, then you can open the trade menu from the depot, and then you just select what you want to trade to them on the right side of the menu and what you want to buy from them on the left.
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Re: how do I buy from caravens?
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2013, 09:40:44 pm »

Thank you very much, that makes much more sense than what I was doing!
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